The L40S is newer and has 50% more memory, with about the same bandwidth. The V100 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on L40S
- L40S
- 48 GB
- V100
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
Within 5%
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- V100
- 900 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
68% cheaper on V100
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
- V100
- $0.12 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | $0.97 /GPU/hr from $0.12 | 40% cheaper on V100 |
| Reserved | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.49 (6 mo) | $1.51 /GPU/hr from $0.12 (1 mo) | 27% cheaper on L40S |
| Spot | $0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | $0.40 /GPU/hr from $0.07 | 60% cheaper on V100 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
L40S vs V100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB HBM2 | 50% more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 900 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 4,096-bit | 11x wider on V100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 125 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 15.7 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on L40S |
| FP64 | Not supported | 7.8 TFLOPS | V100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 300 GB/s | NVLink on V100 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 300 W | 17% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q2 2017 | 6 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32FP64INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and V100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | L40S | V100 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.19 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.57 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Novita
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $3.04 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL |
Geodd
USA
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
40 providers list the L40S and 21 the V100. Every listing is on the L40S page and the V100 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 3.9x the bandwidth of the L40S
From $1.30 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40S
From $0.34 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia L40
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q4 2022
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 99% more bandwidth than the V100
From $0.35 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia V100 on Sept. 14, 2026.